Sat, Mar 2, 2024·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Buffalo Sabres 7
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 66% of the time.
57%
10%
26%
BUF winsVGK wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Stephenson–Barbashev–Amadio | Karlsson–Marchessault–Cotter | Kolesar–Roy–Denisenko | Froese–Morelli–Brisson | Kolesar–Roy–Morelli | Froese–Denisenko–Brisson | Karlsson–Marchessault–Brisson | Froese–Marchessault–Morelli | Martinez–Pietrangelo | McNabb–Theodore | Hague–Whitecloud | Martinez–Theodore | Pietrangelo–Hague | McNabb–Whitecloud | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuch–Greenway–Thompson | 8:190.59–0.07 | 3:120.47–0.00 | 8:100.87–0.01 | 2:240.00–0.00 | 0:550.04–0.00 | 1:230.16–0.06 | ||||||||
| Okposo–Skinner–Mittelstadt | 1:030.00–0.00 | 3:080.24–0.26 | 2:050.00–0.00 | 1:590.22–0.11 | 0:450.05–0.00 | 1:210.06–0.12 | 2:070.00–0.01 | 5:010.08–0.26 | 1:500.28–0.00 | 0:510.17–0.00 | ||||
| Girgensons–Robinson–Krebs | 1:590.06–0.01 | 2:430.09–0.00 | 2:470.02–0.10 | 1:000.01–0.00 | 1:460.08–0.10 | 3:150.06–0.02 | 3:270.03–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Cozens–Peterka–Benson | 1:290.26–0.22 | 6:140.22–0.60 | 0:350.02–0.00 | 0:430.02–0.00 | 3:060.14–0.01 | 4:090.32–0.74 | 0:340.02–0.06 | 0:440.04–0.00 | ||||||
| Greenway–Thompson–Peterka | ||||||||||||||
| Jokiharju–Dahlin | 7:370.23–0.19 | 3:510.39–0.19 | 2:180.22–0.00 | 1:410.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 8:080.61–0.01 | 4:510.02–0.31 | 3:320.04–0.06 | 1:300.04–0.09 | 0:310.00–0.00 | ||||
| Bryson–Power | 3:550.62–0.10 | 4:380.24–0.43 | 1:500.05–0.26 | 0:350.02–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 3:150.37–0.01 | 4:040.32–0.43 | 3:540.07–0.26 | 1:080.17–0.06 | |||||
| Clifton–Johnson | 0:460.04–0.11 | 2:010.06–0.00 | 2:040.08–0.00 | 2:520.00–0.12 | 1:530.03–0.11 | 2:250.11–0.16 | 4:520.06–0.20 | 3:000.18–0.00 | 1:320.00–0.00 | |||||
| Dahlin–Power | 0:450.05–0.00 | 1:100.24–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Clifton–Power | 1:020.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.00 | 0:400.01–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Bryson–Johnson | 0:320.00–0.00 | 1:020.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Jokiharju–Johnson | 0:460.00–0.05 | 0:370.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 30 | 24:16 | 0:49 | 2:25 | 7 | 6 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 30 | 23:28 | 0:47 | 1:38 | 6 | 8 |
 Alex PietrangeloVGK | 29 | 22:22 | 0:46 | 1:41 | 3 | 8 |
 Alec MartinezVGK | 26 | 21:36 | 0:50 | 2:45 | 1 | 10 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 27 | 21:03 | 0:47 | 1:33 | 5 | 5 |
 Shea TheodoreVGK | 29 | 20:06 | 0:42 | 1:25 | 5 | 6 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultVGK | 21 | 19:00 | 0:54 | 2:27 | 6 | 5 |
 Nicolas HagueVGK | 22 | 18:27 | 0:50 | 1:50 | 1 | 4 |
 Jordan GreenwayBUF | 21 | 18:14 | 0:52 | 1:52 | 6 | 5 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 25 | 17:40 | 0:42 | 1:26 | 3 | 3 |
 Paul CotterVGK | 21 | 17:23 | 0:50 | 1:15 | 4 | 5 |
 William KarlssonVGK | 21 | 17:23 | 0:50 | 1:22 | 5 | 3 |
 Ivan BarbashevVGK | 21 | 17:17 | 0:49 | 1:56 | 3 | 2 |
 Zach WhitecloudVGK | 22 | 17:15 | 0:47 | 1:42 | 1 | 4 |
 Ryan JohnsonBUF | 22 | 17:13 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 4 | 1 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 23 | 17:00 | 0:44 | 1:32 | 3 | 3 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 23 | 16:37 | 0:43 | 1:29 | 4 | 2 |
 Michael AmadioVGK | 19 | 16:36 | 0:52 | 1:26 | 3 | 2 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 20 | 16:26 | 0:49 | 1:22 | 5 | 4 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 22 | 16:09 | 0:44 | 1:22 | 7 | 3 |
 Nicolas RoyVGK | 22 | 16:07 | 0:44 | 1:14 | 2 | 3 |
 Chandler StephensonVGK | 21 | 15:23 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 4 | 4 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 20 | 15:22 | 0:46 | 1:20 | 3 | 3 |
 Eric RobinsonBUF | 18 | 15:01 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 1 | 1 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 17 | 14:51 | 0:52 | 1:35 | 9 | 0 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 18 | 14:08 | 0:47 | 1:17 | 9 | 1 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 21 | 14:06 | 0:40 | 1:08 | 1 | 3 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 17 | 13:49 | 0:49 | 1:19 | 2 | 1 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 17 | 13:45 | 0:49 | 1:22 | 9 | 1 |
 Mason MorelliVGK | 16 | 13:17 | 0:50 | 1:32 | 0 | 3 |
 Keegan KolesarVGK | 18 | 13:03 | 0:44 | 1:17 | 1 | 3 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 16 | 12:54 | 0:48 | 1:24 | 2 | 0 |
 Grigori DenisenkoVGK | 18 | 12:53 | 0:43 | 0:59 | 0 | 2 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 12:29 | 0:37 | 1:00 | 1 | 7 |
 Byron FroeseVGK | 14 | 12:17 | 0:53 | 1:26 | 0 | 2 |
 Brendan BrissonVGK | 14 | 11:33 | 0:50 | 1:16 | 0 | 2 |